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Tortas`lv J. KINDLEBERGER, or Enron, onto. 'Letters Patent No. 63,658, and Meer 19, 1867.

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"IO ALL WHOM IT MAYjOONVCERN:

Be it known that'LxToBIAs J.l KINDLEBERGER, of Eaton, in the county-ofA Preble, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Water-Wheels and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear, full, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification,F and ,to the letters of'reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur. Y I

My invention consists in certain-improvements upon the wheelpatented to me July 11, 1865, and has relation to the devices for closingthe gates, the form'of the buckets, and the step for supporting the wheel.

Figure 1 is a' plan view oi" thepcase. v

Figurel', a vertical section of the shaft'and rims or flanges of the wheel.

Figure 3, a side viewvoi` the wheel; and 4 A Figures 4," 5, 8, and 7, viewsof portions in detail. v

The body f the wheel in this case is made in the manner described in the patent heretofore alluded to, and consists of a crown plate,- I, secured rigidly to the shaft Gfand two circular rims, I', placed at equal dis= tances apart, below the plate I, 'as 4shown in 2. These plates I are horizontal for one-fourth of their width from the outer edge, from whence they incline downward and inward. at an angle of thirty-two degrees, as shown ing. 2,.the crown plate I being fashioned to. correspond therewith. l Between these plates are placed the Abuckets cl, as represented in iig. 3. These buckets nl consist of oblongmetallieplates, haring their outer edges inclined at a'n angle of twenty degrees from a. perpendicular, las indicated in'ig. For onefourth of the width f the plates I, that is to say, when the buckets are in contact with the horizontal portion of the plates, the buckets :are curved so as to present axconcave surface nearV the `'periphery of the wheel, as representedvin fig. 4,- which is a plan View of a portion of the rim and buckets, looking from 'below on the line a: a: of iig. 3, ,and thus showing the buckets reversed. From'the point where the rim or plate I begins to inolin'e downward the bucket d begins to curve in the opposite direction, and-from thence Vto its inner end presents aconvex surface, it being at the same time slightly twisted, so that its innerend approaches very nearly to a vertical o'r upright position.. '.lhese buckets are located alternately at equal distances apart, between the rims, as repre sented in g., 31 lhep'heeh thus constructed, is enclosed in a metallic casecons"isting of Va top plate, B, and en annular rim,vA, at the bottom, as represented irrg. 1, those being the same as in'my'i'ormer patent, except that the top plateB has its outer edge notched, `as shown in fig. 1, to permit the arms of -the gates toclose' or lie therein, while the protruding pointsof the plate B extend out even with the edge of rim' A, thus permitting the case to be rolled over, when'moving, without' danger of-breaking the arms r of. the gates H, as no weightr can be thrown on them. The platesl H, 'g. 6, arearranged in a series between the plates A andB, in suchl a manneras to surround the wheel, as in my former case. These-:gates are cast with 4flanges on their backs, for

lthe double purpose of strengthening them, and'also to forni bearings for the bolt t, upon which-they are pivoted. An arm, r, projects from the upper-rear corner of the4 gate,as represented in figs'G and 5, by which it is` attached to the closing devices. These devices consist of a plate, C, resting above the plate B, and turning loosely aroundtheshaft G, and having an arm, D, projecting from one side, with a segmental'rack on its outer end, as shownin iig. 1. 'Into this rack a worm-wheel, E, gears, the latter being operated by a bevel-gear on its end engaging with a similar'wheel secured to the lower end of a vertical shaft, to the top of which is attached the'hand-wheel F, the arrangement of the gear being shown in g. 7. 'Io this plate C -a rod, a, is pivcted, and' is connected at its outer. end (by devices shown in fig. 5) with. the arm r of thel gate, so that, by turning thc hand-wheel F, the gatesmey be closed or opened at will. It however frequently. happens that a stick or other obstruction may accidentally get into one of-the openings between the'gates, and thus preventvone ofthe gates from closing. In order to provide for such s contingency, do not attach the rod a directly tor the gate,fbut to a hollow box, In, where it is held by a spiral spring, m, as represented in iig. 5. This box b iscast hollow, to receive the spring, its rear end being closed by means ci' a plate, c, which is cast in the form shown, to fitto lthe box t, and lits arm or prolongation, which is attached or pivoted by the bolt Zto the arm '1* of the gate H,

the boltl being held in place by a pin or key, t'. The bolt a has a circular head fitting the interior/of the box .7), and serving to compress the springm. A set-screw, o,is inserted through the plate C, with its end pressing against the head of bolt 0, so that, `by adjusting this screw o, the gates'i'ay be adjusted.l to -shut precisely alike.- If-any obstructionshould interfere with the closing of any ofthe'gates, the spring m attached thereto ivill yield, andlpermit allnthe other gates tobe closed, While that remains-open. In order to,permit the arrangement ot' the rods ato be reversed, as is necessary to adapt thegates to awlieel'llaving its buckets reversed, their inner end is pivoted to arim placed directly under the plate C, and attached.V rigidly thereto. To the under side of plate C a' bent lug, n, is secured, :is represented' in iigfll, it beingl so jarranged that when the rod a stands inclined either to the right or the-leftA the lug will be directly over the rod, and thus preventit from becoming unhooked. At the same time, by turning the rod a in a radial position, it will be brought from under the lug n, and can then be hooked or unhook'ed at `will. The gates are pivoted onda bolt, t, as shown in iig. 6, and this bolt is held in place by a key, u, which is fitted into anotch or recess on the rea-r side of said bolt,

and being held between thc bolt and the outer face of thebucket, so that, bysimply removing the key u, the

bolt can-be Withdrawn and the gate taken out and replaced at will. I provide for the stepon which mywheel is to run a Wooden block or pin, as represented by L of g. 2. This 'pinh` I perforate with one" or more transverse holes, connected with another vertical hole-terminating at itsapex, as' shown in iig. This pin or step h I then surround with a. funnel-shaped dish or receptacle, z. This dish and step being located at the lbottom of the wheel, will thus be kept always Wet, the dish being iilled with water, which, enteringl the holes formed in the step, will always keep it Well lubricated and cool.

The general plan and operation of the wheel being similar to that hereinbefore referred to, need 'not be further described.` I

Having 'thus described my improvements, wharl clitiin, is

l. The Wheel, having its plates. and -their buckets constructed andA 'arranged as herein described. 1

2. The combination and arrangement of the plate C, arm D, worm-wheel E, and bevel-gear, with hand wheel F, for operating the gates, as set forth. v v

8. The combination of the rod a, box b, and spiral springm, with the set-screw o, arranged to operate as :ind-for the purpose set forth.v p

4. I claim constructing the crown plate B,\vith the recesses or `notches in its periphery, as shown and described, the outer points of seid plate beingarranged to prot-rude even withthe periphery of the annular rini A, as and for the 4purpose herein set forth. v I i 5. I claim construetingthegate II, with theoutwarclly projecting arm r, for the purposel of attaching the spring boit bth'ereto,.as shown and described.

. .T, J. KINDLEBERGERL l' Witnesses: MATTIE KINDLEBERGER, LC. ABBOTT. 

